This video demonstrates how to analyze and appreciate movies through Letterboxd reviews, showing that effective movie reviews often contain specific clues about plot elements, character descriptions, and memorable scenes that help viewers identify and discuss films. The hosts discuss various movies including Mad Max: Fury Road, RRR, The Birdcage, and others, highlighting how reviews can reveal both the strengths and weaknesses of films, and how different directors create unique cinematic experiences through their storytelling approaches.
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Hi, welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shayne.
And I'm Amanda, [music] and we have wow, such a wonderful guest with us. You guys have not seen him yet on this pod. His [music] name is Ian Hecox.
>> Right. Hello. Hi. Um, happy to be here.
Um, love what you guys are doing. This your first time on the new set?
>> Yeah. Oh my god. When he first walked in, he didn't know which chair to sit in.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
Can you believe it?
>> He was like, do I host this show?
You were like, the middle done. I was like, oh, that makes sense cuz like, you're the host, and um, you would put the guest in the middle, I guess.
Yeah. Yeah, that would be >> got You're You're rocking a fit today.
>> going to say, I love the yellow socks.
>> We both got the We both got the selvage.
Yeah, I know. I was looking at I was looking at our jeans, and I was like, very similar.
>> Oh my god. I was going to say the same jeans.
>> the yellow socks with the dots. If you guys are just listening, he's wearing a cool outfit. Thank you. And I also have a Smosh shirt on, which is the coolest part of the outfit.
>> That is so cool. I got the classic Smosh tee. Yeah, I'm wearing a Smosh bra. It's awesome.
>> Oh, so cool. You know, we actually Well, I won't say I don't want to say we, but um [laughter] Back then, it was just you and Anthony. You sold Smosh bras.
>> days, there on the site, they sold Smosh panties. You guys are sickening. And I did not I did not >> condone that?
>> condone that? You didn't know it was weird. You're just sitting at your desk signing approve, approve, approve. No, that was in the Defy days, and yeah, there was there was like Smosh panties, and if I recall, there was like a heart above the word Smosh or something. Was Smosh written on the butt or the front?
>> That's a good question. I do not remember. And you guys had nothing to do with the creative of it. It just It just appeared on the site or I don't remember cuz I feel like they used to sell like a ton of stuff that was just like, slap a label on it and sell it.
>> that they went past you and did that. I mean Maybe it was Anthony. I wish I had a We can get you one. Okay.
There's nothing stopping us from doing that, I guess.
>> I wonder if eBay has one. Probably.
>> Probably. That'd be sick. Probably says shut up. That like is actually really funny. Up. That is I'll be It'll be on the butt cuz I fart.
Sorry.
I've never farted in my life. You should get on the fart train. I should get on the fart train. Yeah, it's pretty funny.
>> Imagine instead of a massage train, it's a fart train.
>> [snorts] >> Okay, so what's cool about today?
Speaking [laughter] of Speaking of farts, what are we talking about today?
>> Okay, Ian, we know how much you love movies. You always >> boobies. Well, No, we're not bringing this up. Hey, you said that you don't bring up booby stuff, but you do bring up booby stuff. When did you guys have this conversation?
>> said booby stuff. I said that I've never brought up I've never brought up the breast milk thing. Oh.
>> And And every time every time somebody's brought up breast milk has been against my will. Okay. And again, that another case another case where I I thought you just said boobies and you're like, "Oh, breast milk, Ian. Breast milk."
>> I didn't actually say breast milk right here. Did you guys hear that?
>> Yeah, but that's what you were inferring.
>> No. No.
>> That's cuz you're like, "Oh, the booby stuff is the booby stuff."
>> What's crazy is I didn't say breast milk and I didn't say boobies.
>> you inferred.
>> It just keeps happening with you, you know?
I can't with you, Amanda.
>> Okay, so anyways, we asked Ian because we know how much he loves movies movies and randomly he'll be like, "Oh, I watched this movie, you know, from the 1900s."
>> that I've never heard of before in my life.
>> Okay. Like what? Oh, I I You The last >> Taking Pelham 123, the original.
>> Yes. Yeah.
>> That was sick. And then the recently you were talking about some Was it a Italian or French film from like the '60s?
>> ship? With the ship?
>> I don't know.
>> Didn't you watch an old movie with a ship?
>> That's like The Battleship Potemkin.
Sorry. Something like that.
>> that a lot. You watch a lot of like foreign random foreign films that I've never heard of. I think it's Yeah, I think it's important to have a good cuz I watch so much media that I think it's good to have a good media diet. For sure.
>> So I I like to balance the crap with like something where I feel like oh, I'm going to like take something away from this.
>> Wow. That's really smart.
>> See, I'm at a place where I'm like I don't want to watch crap. No.
>> Do you know how some people are like oh, I watched this thing on Netflix. It was so cheesy, but it was a joy. It was a fun. I can't do that.
>> Oh, I I Yeah, I love watching bad movies. Like I watched there was a a new Alan Ritchson Ritchson? Is that how you say his name? Rich- Ritchson Rich- Rich- Richardson?
>> what I do. Whatever. Um it's called War Machine. Nice. I wanted to watch that.
>> And it's just like I wanted to watch that. Yeah, it's just like military propaganda but with but with like an alien that just like It's that big guy from Reacher, right?
>> Yeah. Yeah. He's a big guy. The guy that beat the [ __ ] Cool. beat the [ __ ] out of his neighbor. But >> life? Yeah. Yeah, but he deserved it.
>> Yeah, his neighbor was being an [ __ ] so you know he he went all Reacher on him. Yeah. Out of everyone in the world >> like something >> you pick a fight with everyone in the world is like I'm going to pick a fight with that guy. The guy who's known for playing a guy on TV who just beats the [ __ ] out of people.
>> massive.
>> Yeah.
>> Um fun fact I learned recently that I am in that I've I've technically worked with Alan Ritchson.
I did an episode of Fred the show back in the day back in like 2013. Crazy.
>> and he is in the episode I'm in.
It's an episode where Fred Figglehorn I don't know this show. Oh. You know what's funny? I don't know Fred.
>> are going to You guys are laughing. This episode of Fred the show that I've done, I think it's the funniest episode of television I've ever been a part of.
>> I DO NOT KNOW THIS SHOW.
>> It's legitimately it's because it ran for like 10 episodes on Nickelodeon and then got canceled.
>> But it got three movies. I think the show might have been after the movies, too. Really?
>> It's really weird. The show is legitimately good. This is what's crazy.
The show is legitimately really funny.
>> Written by Alan Sor- Aaron Sorkin.
>> Oh, you're Sorkin is Yeah, he's [ __ ] up. No, in the episode, Fred drinks some expired milk, and he starts hallucinating. And this evil the expired cow shows up in his mirror, and is like threatening him. And it's played by Alan Richardson.
>> Oh. And I had no idea.
>> He's not a cow.
>> And he's like, "I have to fight this cow." And I show up as a chocolate chip cookie who trains him in karate to fight this cow. And it's legitimately so funny. So, so, so.
>> [laughter] >> A what? So, the chocolate chip cookie would dunk into the milk, which is with the cow's expired milk.
>> a chocolate chip cookie who's training him in karate.
>> Okay, no. There's no connection. It's It's so It's legitimately funny because in the scenes with me, I'm a I'm in a giant cookie costume.
>> Uh-huh. And he'll be talking to me, but my over-the-shoulder shots, they just held up a real cookie next to the camera.
>> [laughter] >> That's so clever. That's so clever.
>> It's a really funny episode. And it's a really funny show.
>> you ever meet the cow? Uh, I wasn't in any scenes with him. How? You're fighting. Oh, no, you're training.
>> I'm the I'm the Yoda. Okay, and get this. In the Fred movies, his dad John Cena. Yes.
I am one degree away from John Cena. I don't think John Cena was in that episode. So, you're basically like John Cena. No, no, John Cena is his dad.
>> John Cena's in Fred the show.
>> meet John Cena? No, I just said I didn't meet Fred John Cena.
>> what's crazy is I really want this story to end where you meet both of them. So, just let me have them.
>> met either of them, but I have worked >> did no scenes with them, but they were in the show. Yes.
Wow.
>> the show just loved to cast like huge buff guys.
>> Yeah, I was going to say.
>> Apparently, yeah. Is that why they cast me as well?
>> buffest put you in a fat ass cookie.
Hell yeah, and I looked good as hell.
>> [laughter] >> How do you do karate in a cookie costume?
>> I wasn't doing karate. I was just training him in >> Wow, I guess I don't understand.
>> You clearly don't get the highbrow nature of Fred the show.
No, it's legitimately the funniest show.
I would love to see a clip of that. And I I look, I think So Random and Goldbergs were really funny shows. Fred the show might be the funniest show I ever got to be on.
>> So why do you think it got cancelled?
Just nobody was watching it.
>> [laughter] >> I That's why it got cancelled.
But it was legitimately funny and I think unfortunately at that point cuz Fred was a was like the first big YouTuber. Like first like most subscribed >> The channel was called Fred. What's his full name? Fred Figglehorn is the character.
>> Oh, got it. Okay. The actor who plays him is named Lucas.
>> think that he still does He doesn't still do Fred and he does not like to talk about it. He doesn't want to talk about it.
Well, cuz it was a it was a such a big sensation back in the day.
>> He doesn't want to talk about it.
>> Well, yeah, cuz it was just like, it's in the past. He's trying to put it in the past.
>> he was like a very like everyone like anyone that wasn't a fan of Fred really hated Fred. Yeah.
>> Cuz he had this he pitched up his voice in editing and he was like really hyper and so it just like anyone that wasn't like a fan of Fred yeah that wasn't a fan of Fred was like, "I [clears throat] hate Fred. Fred sucks." So he was one of the first YouTubers to go to like the mainstream. Like Nickelodeon was like, "We'll give you some movies. We'll do a show." And so people thought the show it's like, "Oh, it's Fred the show. It's probably" And I remember at the time before I worked on it thinking like, "Oh, Fred the show. Oh my god." And then I got the script and I was laughing my ass off. And I did it and I was like, "This is really funny." And they kind of like they kind of un-paced his voice for the show. Yeah. It wasn't as intense.
The show is on Do you think people didn't watch it because they were annoyed by his voice?
I think they didn't watch it cuz the connotation of the character already.
And I think Fred by that point it already kind of been Like people are getting a little worn out on him.
>> This is like 2012-2013 and Fred was at his peak in like 2007-2008.
>> 2009, maybe. Yeah, so it's just a few years after.
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>> [laughter] >> Back to the show.
You yelled at me.
I'm sorry, but you know it's a sensitive topic.
Anyways, Anyways, we're talking about movies, though. Wow, so anyways, we're talking about movies. I really appreciated that lore. Yeah.
>> Why we brought you on, Ian, is because you actually have a Letterboxd. I do.
>> write movie reviews. Yeah. Are you bringing any movie reviews today of your own?
Uh-oh.
You were Okay. Secret.
>> No, I'm Before we started filming, you were typing ferociously on your phone.
>> Yeah. Well, cuz I remember I I I watched I rewatched Mad Max: Fury Road last night.
>> so good.
>> perfect.
>> So good. I remember seeing that in the theaters at the Vista before it like closed down and then reopened. It was epic.
>> is perfect.
>> It's literally perfect.
>> of my It's one of my five-star reviews.
>> You know, Tom Hardy barely speaks in that movie, and yet he's so impactful.
He's so good in it.
>> it I think he speaks more grunts than actual words. It's incredible.
>> Yeah. Are you willing to for us to go like delve into your Letterboxd today?
>> yeah. What are your like top top movies?
My top four perfect >> are your top four? I love the top four.
>> favorite, but then also what are movies that you think are perfect?
>> Okay. I think those are two different categories.
>> question. What are movies that you think are perfect? How about that? Cuz yeah, there's movies that are your favorites.
>> Right. And then there's movies that are you >> You're perfect that you like don't ever need to rewatch.
>> think I do think Raiders of the Lost Ark is a perfect movie. Wow.
>> It's also one of my favorites, but I'm like I think it is structurally as a story and filmmaking, just the way it's shot, is just like perfect.
I do agree. I think Arrival is like Arrival's Yeah, Arrival's one of my favorites. I would say Arrival's close I I don't think there's any movie that's perfect.
>> Sure. But I would say on a relative scale. I mean, look, I got to I got to give it to RRR. I don't think it's perfect.
>> Yeah, but that movie rocks.
What's crazy >> Definitely not perfect in the way of like, I don't know, female representation.
>> Sure.
>> have any reviews from RRR that you picked out from from you? Cuz I actually have some. Oh. Celine actually picked out some reviews from RRR. So, if you don't know what RRR is about, it's a fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries journey away from home where they began fighting for their country in the 1920s. Yeah. And also a lot of dancing. Yeah. And some animals. It's not a lot of dancing. Oh, but the dance scenes >> Yeah, dancing is like a huge part of it for me.
>> competitive fighting dancing Oh, yeah, for sure. Excellent mustaches also.
>> Oh, the mustaches are out of this like some of the some of the worst dialogue for all of the English speakers, which I think makes the movie better because it just adds this layer of comedy that's like kind of unintentional. Yeah. Where it's like they come into a scene and then and then the British people are like and that's that. Okay, here's a review. The timeline of my experience with RRR. 0 through 20 minutes, why are people obsessed with this movie?
>> Yeah.
>> It's so over the top, what is even happening?
>> Yeah.
>> 21 through 80 minutes, okay, I got this.
It's growing on me. This is cool. 81 plus minutes, yes, iconic, hit me with all of it.
>> Yep. Another review. Now, excuse me, I have some dance moves to learn. Mhm.
Yeah. Another one. Contains the best piggyback ride action sequence in cinematic history.
>> Oh, absolutely, yeah. Life will forever be divided into two parts, before RRR and after RRR. Mhm. This movie was great. Last one. No movie has earned the title card doesn't appear until 40 minutes into the movie more than RRR.
Eat your heart out, Drive My Car.
>> appears three times throughout the movie. I love it. It's kind of like there it's cuz it's split into three acts kind of thing, but >> Yeah. I love >> movie's incredible. It it is it is such a fun movie.
first 10 minutes where you're like what's going on? And then they just busted this lady's head with a stick.
Yeah. And you're like, huh?
>> was that was hard. Also, it was like very intense to watch. You know when you're watching like a 3D movie and you're like, It's visually >> That's what it felt like when I first started it.
>> You also have to like get used to like the physics Yeah.
>> and the the the the the world where it's just like these people are superhuman. Yes.
>> And you just have to accept that.
>> Yeah. It's so good. Yeah.
>> Okay, so RRR you think is a perfect movie?
>> I don't know if it's a perfect movie, but it's it's one of my favorite movies.
>> four movies.
>> Okay, so my top four my top four are >> Arrival.
>> City of God. Yeah.
>> God is so good.
>> I I You know what's funny? I watched that movie when I was like 12. You really young.
>> And I and then I haven't seen it since, but I remember watching it just being like, this is crazy. But I need to rewatch it now as an adult so I can actually understand what's going on.
>> Yeah. But my brother showed it to me when I was a kid. He's like, this is one of the best movies ever made. And I was just like, oh, this is just scary. I feel like man, Brazil went through some crazy [ __ ] in like the '70s because you know, City of God is based around that time, so is uh I'm Still Here. I'm Still Here.
>> like crazy. And then also um The Secret Agent, which came out last year.
>> I need to see it.
>> Is it really good? It's good. It's it's a little confusing. Yeah.
>> Um but I think that's kind of the point because I think that time in Brazil was very confusing and weird. Um but yeah, City of God is just incredible.
Um I have RRR on here. I have uh They Came Together Yeah.
>> in my top four. That movie That's uh Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Mhm. just making fun of rom-coms. It's It's like The Naked Gun of rom-coms.
>> know if I saw it. So it's the same people that made Wet Hot American Summer.
>> Mhm. Yep. Um it's like it's one of those jokes per second movies.
>> it. Just nonstop jokes. And then the other one in my top four, Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
>> I just recently watched that again and the the most amazing thing about that movie is every shot is a painting. The way they light everything is unbelievable. The way they have a a scene where it looks like they're lit from candles. I was sitting there being like how did they do and they're barely speaking in it. I uh I feel like you like Train Dreams.
I that's on my list. I need to watch I need to watch Train Dreams. One of my favorite movies that is not in English is Volver. It's one of my all time favorites. Oh, I got that on my list.
>> Almodovar who's one of my favorite directors. I love him.
Um Broken Embraces is also such a weird good movie by him but Volver is one of my absolute favorites. It's like about sisterhood and mother and it's just gorgeous. The I love the way he shoots. He's very He's also very like sexual and sensual the way he shoots.
Like Everything Penelope Cruz. Yeah, it's Penelope Cruz but like everyone in it it's just and that movie goes places where you're like what's happening here?
>> Cool. Yeah, Amadeus. Amadeus is so good.
I've never seen Amadeus.
It's such a commitment cuz it's 12 hours long. No, it's not that long. It's only No, it's only 160 minutes. Okay. Do you know what I think is the a perfect movie? What do you think is a perfect movie?
>> The Birdcage.
So >> Okay. No, the original. I haven't seen the original. The original is like a French >> the Robin Williams >> The Robin Williams one is so unbelievable. That's one of the more recent movies I've seen. I'd never watched The Birdcage. I didn't really know what it was about and then Courtney and I watched it one weekend and that movie rocks. That movie is so funny. I think I was reading that Nathan Lane wasn't originally supposed to play the role he was in. This might be wrong but I thought I was reading that it was like oh Steve Martin was originally supposed to be in that role, but I can't imagine that movie without Nathan Lane. Nathan Lane is the reason that movie works. And I love that Robin Williams played it the way he did. He played it It's one of his honestly most like uh one of his more like downplayed performances. Yeah. Uh like more along lines like Goodwill Hunting or something. He's not playing it big. And um it works so well. That movie's so good.
>> Goodwill Hunting is also an amazing movie.
>> Yeah. You got good picks, man.
>> your top fours?
>> I mean I gave you more than top fours. I have Arrival up there. I got I got Dune 2. Dune 2? You like Dune 2 more than Dune? Yeah. Yeah, I thought I liked it.
>> I think Dune 2 I think Dune The first Dune was like the pacing was just kind of slow. Yeah. Yeah, right.
>> Still incredible, but I am so curious what the next Dune is cuz do you know anything about Dune lore? Yes.
Whoa. Sorry. I love Dune.
>> I mean I I I >> Really? I love Dune.
>> I've read I've read a little bit about it.
>> I'm saying like the books like Yeah, about how like the timeline is just Duncan Idaho's all the way down.
They start cloning him like a million times over or something. Yeah. No, that cuz they go like Is that correct?
It it is. There's a million Duncan Idaho's. And then there's a worm emperor. Yes.
>> a guy who's a worm. Yeah, I heard that like >> is what's funny is I'm thinking about when I watched the original, which I felt like I was actually tripping on acid when I watched the original. I was like >> Sure.
And the worm is so uh what's his name? The uh the guy who plays um Stellan Skarsg uh Stellan Skarsg as >> about Baron Harkonnen? Just all of the creatures in the original and that movie feels like it's 3 and 1/2 hours long.
Yeah. Um >> it is. But I just think that it goes to such a weird [ __ ] place.
>> Yeah, cuz in the books >> But I've never read the books.
>> Yeah, so in the books after Paul Atreides, there's a Sorry, spoilers, but like this is not going to The movies are not going to get to I don't know. No, that cuz this is like book five. Uh there's a I think his son becomes like an immortal worm emperor who rules the universe. There's apparently a dominatrix planet. Oh, cool.
Dominatrixes [laughter] who are a thing and there's just a bunch of weird stuff.
>> Because Paul Atreides is like a false He's a false prophet.
>> He's a false prophet. So in the last Dune two there you have the Florence Pugh situation. Mhm. He's like set up to be with her. I don't I'm trying to remember. I need to rewatch Dune two.
>> Dune two, well, if you have, you know, three hours. What Dune two what you just said reminded me of and then this is so weird that my brain went here, but just thinking of like the score and the music, Sicario is also such a good movie.
>> That movie matters. The score of Sicario >> Sheridan just started writing content for >> come for you if you bring up Taylor Sheridan. Yeah? Yeah.
>> [snorts] >> You know what's crazy? I was on I was on vacation and I met this woman whose son is in the new Taylor Sheridan. [snorts] Oh, good for him.
>> about Taylor Sheridan. I've only seen a couple of his.
>> 1926 He had He had a career He writes Yellowstone. No, dude, dude. He created Yellowstone.
>> You will You will [ __ ] if you look at what this guy has done.
>> 1926. Also, he was a cop in Sons of Anarchy. So he was a cop in Sons of Anarchy. That's where he got Yeah. But he wrote He wrote Hell or High Water, which is incredible.
>> a good movie.
>> Wind River, sorry, wrote, directed Sicario Wind River, which is incredible.
>> So good, though.
>> Sicario. He wrote Sicario. And then He did all the shows.
>> He did 1926, whatever the other Oh, so then he started making money. And now he did the new show Madison. So he does He does every like He does every like He does the shows that everybody's mom is like, "Have you watched Yellowstone?"
>> Yeah, of course. Yeah, it's it's my mom's That's my favorite show.
>> It's brutal. I feel like he like really like struck gold with this kind of like white man power fantasy kind of thing of like of like I want to live out on a ranch.
>> The hierarchy >> of the older man taking on generation and generation.
>> And he struck gold. So yeah, he did like Yellowstone 1923.
>> really amazing things. Hell or High Water, Sicario. Wind River. There's a scene in Sicario that plays in my head every now and then. You know the scene.
At the dinner table.
I think that all At the end?
>> Where's the end? Yeah.
>> With Benicio del Toro? The I mean that whole that whole movie's great.
>> It's so good. It's also you're watching it like I felt like I was Emily Blunt watching it the whole time just like so out of my element, so fish out of water, like I shouldn't be here. Right.
>> I felt like when I was watching it.
>> And yeah, she's like the avatar for that.
>> Exactly.
>> not really her story.
No, it's not. Is it Benicio's story? How often do you watch movies? I won't say like every day.
But [laughter] But I've >> go. He watches them all the time.
>> But I've seen >> Truly all the time. So far I've seen 53 this year. Wow. I will say my normal is that, but since having a kid it's really hard to watch a movie, but I'm actually finding my I've been really into shows, but I'm finding my joy for it, but I was like movie person. I watched everything that was out.
Everything that like everyone was talking about, the indie films. It's hard to watch movies right now, but I miss so badly going going to the movie theaters and um but god, I love movies. I also love international movies.
So much.
>> Yeah. Um What's your favorite international movie? Well, there you Oh. And there you go. What were you writing a review of?
What while you're sitting there?
>> I was I was writing aggressively typing.
Well, that's I was writing a new review of um my feelings on Mad Max: Fury Road.
>> Oh, right. Right. Oh, did you have an old review?
>> My feelings haven't changed. I feel like the the some of the VFX have aged a little bit where I'm like >> some of the and also the 3D thing where the uh the wheel comes out of the screen.
Oh, well, that that was corny as hell from Yeah.
>> Like I I forgot that that movie came out in 3D.
Oh, yeah.
>> And when Mad Max: Fury Road came out, like the concept of a dine-in theater was still kind of like novel.
And we went to this dine-in theater, and we're all watching in 3D, and then that part happens where like the guitar comes out at the screen, and everyone was just like Like it's just such a it's such a great movie, and it happens like right towards the end, and you're like It's great. I never could do the 3D thing. The only The only movie that I didn't mind in 3D was the original Avatar for some reason.
I will say dude, Dredd Oh, you're >> I would say like on level with like Mad Max, I feel like Dredd that came out in 3D, and that actually had some pretty some pretty good 3D effects. Uh it was also kind of secretly directed by Alex Garland. Oh.
>> Who did Ex Machina and Civil War.
>> Ex Machina is No, that movie's really good. I I finally watched it at one point.
>> Dude, that movie [ __ ] rocks. I've not seen Dredd. It's got It's Karl Urban, who he's in a mask He's in a mask the entire time, which I think is like that's something that movies always they always like chicken out and have like the star take their helmet off or take their mask off He stays in it the whole time.
>> in it the whole time. All you see is his his mouth.
>> thick Australian accent? He's Australian, no?
Or is he New Zealander? I don't know. I don't know what he is, but um he You see his You You all you see is his mouth.
And he just has this like this like grimace >> bad ass.
>> And he's like He's incredible.
>> I love Karl Urban. He's so good in that movie.
>> done with The Boys? Is The Boys done?
>> it's done.
>> Yeah, it's the final season. Thank god.
I loved The Boys for the first two seasons.
>> Same. Then I was like I need this past >> I've been watching it, and I was I just I just don't like the all the gore like Yeah. Dude, it gets it gets over the top. This is my my take on The Boys this season was there was an era like Game of Thrones came out and Breaking Bad where it was like new to have things go wrong and for the villains to win. It was like woah, what is this? This is crazy. But now watching The Boys, I've been able to predict every scene cuz I go, okay, this is going to go wrong. All right, this plan's going to fail. All right, the worst thing that could possibly happen's going to happen and it does without fail to the point that I'm actually bored.
I'm like I'm no longer surprised by this.
>> Yeah. Like you need to have different things happen. Mhm. Um it's it's funny like we got so into that that now when shows have a good thing happen, that's when I'm surprised. Yeah. Like woah, a good thing happens.
>> and I I like that. I I I like >> That's a perfect movie. Okay, Paddington 2. Still haven't seen it. I know.
Everyone says that. I know I watched Paddington and I still have yet to watch Paddington 2.
Everyone talks about it. Goes to prison.
Fine. It's it's lovely.
It's got Olivia Colman. She's great. Uh Oh, speaking of Olivia Colman, The Favourite is one of my [ __ ] favorite movies.
>> Oh, the Yorgos movie? I loved it. Yeah, it's good.
>> it. Would I rewatch it? Maybe once more.
That's it. I feel like that's most like most Yorgos Lanthimos movies. You're like, that was good. I don't want to see that again. Yeah, Poor Things I also love Poor Things. Will not be rewatched.
>> I have zero interest in rewatching.
>> But I was laughing so hard at Poor Things.
>> Very darkly funny. I thought Mark Ruffalo's character was one of my favorite characters I've seen in so long. I think when he stopped I there was this interview about him when he stopped doing the Hulk, he felt free Oh.
>> because I think you're on a really serious contract with obviously Marvel.
And so he felt free. So I felt like he was just like, I am going to have the most fun in this wild character. He was I just his character made me laugh out loud. And I don't know I don't know if it's like doing comedy all the time. I really struggle to laugh out loud in movies, which sounds so sad to me.
>> No, I I >> But I have to surprise me. And I felt like he was joy the whole time.
>> Yeah. And I also feel like I know that Ted Lasso was really funny cuz it was joy, but like I really feel this shift in comedy where instead of like everything's this woman's life everything's going wrong and how terrible. I feel this shift of like joy and it can be dark joy, but like this this joy. It can be like hysterical joy or excited joy or scary joy, but that's like the way comedy's going right now and I'm really into >> Yeah, no cuz like I think similar with comedy, you know, I remember when like Girls came out. And I remember at the time being like I love this and and you know, that was like when like Curb Your Enthusiasm was on like where it's like oh these despicable characters.
>> Yes, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
>> and it's funny because these characters are awful. But now like >> it anymore.
>> when I have a character I can root for.
Like it's really fun and I love the kind of like thing you're seeing with a lot of characters, which is the um the kind of character who's oblivious and naive and they're so positive and so kind.
>> earnest. And I I love that earnest it's what I loved about like watching The Birdcage. I was just like there's a lot of earnest in it. A lot of the scenes that are really funny is where it's just like genuine kindness coming from these characters and >> And even if they are villain, my favorite part is even if they are the bad guy that we can't stand, they have this like really awesome redemption arc where it's like >> Yeah. Oh, you're fighting for something that you believe is right, but we all know it's not right, but you don't know it yet until you lose something or somebody that you love kind of points it out and then you have to go through this journey of like self-redemption. And that's where I also find joy in that.
>> Totally.
>> Like the show DTF St. Louis that we both love. Yep. There's all these characters that you're like, "Villain? Villain?
Wait, are you the villain?" And then you're like, "Oh."
Ok- Oh, oh, you guys are just so in your own bubble.
>> Yeah. And the best character ever is someone who's not aware of the how they're making people feel. They know they're hurting this person's feelings, but they don't understand why. Yeah.
>> That's my favorite is them like figuring that out.
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Show. I almost I feel like another like hot take to throw out there.
>> Hot take, honey.
>> feel like because so much American shows and and just movies for the past like decade have been so like everyone's awful, everyone has bad intentions, everything ends up going wrong, I almost wonder if that sphere allowed for anime to become as mainstream and big because in anime like people are like, "We're going to work hard and we succeed." Like there's a lot of like Huh? the good guy wins and there's kind of like that that's like a very like typical storyline in a lot of not all animes. Plenty and like Death Note has like a lot of dark endings, but so many are just have like a oh, if you work hard and you believe in yourself we will persevere and win and that's kind of like refreshing. Kind of >> that's also connected to like the honestly, the romantasy era that's coming back so hard as people are like romantasy sci-fi it's the main story and everything which is just like obviously the hero's journey.
>> You know, it's it's kind of interesting that like romantasy's become like so huge, but there aren't any like big romantasy movies that have come out.
>> I don't think >> is it too sexy? Well, they're trying. Is it like is it too much to >> Well, Michael B. Jordan bought Fourth Wing the series which was like Interesting.
>> such an such an I have a lot of thoughts on that series, but he bought that series to make I think it's really hard to make them into But like the but like the Sarah J. Maas like books >> She took it back. So, she all of her rights were sold to Hulu and then she just took all of her rights back. Cuz cuz like I guess it's probably too horny cuz at that point it would be like it would be like softcore porn because it's like >> it's visual. I genuinely think the the author and the person are colliding on who is going to be cast because in these books they're god-like beautiful Right.
>> creatures. No one on Earth looks like that.
What do you think? What do you >> Nobody's hot enough.
>> Nobody's hot, but also yes. I do think they're I do think there's some that I think they're probably hard to translate over to movie and TV show.
>> get cringey, cheesy real fast.
>> Yeah, like some of some things truly just the medium that they're made in is where they work best, right? And I think also with books like Romantasy, it's where people really want to place themselves in it. And when a movie, you literally can't do that. You're watching it.
>> I don't ever I I asked myself this the other day when I'm reading those, I never put myself in their shoes. It's always like I'm watching them from afar like a little creep. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You know what's You know what's weird? Like when I'm reading I'm a huge pervert.
>> [laughter] >> I'm in the room.
>> I'm in the corner like yes.
I I have this feeling that like pretty much every sex scene in a movie is like not erotic at all.
>> think that it's erotic at all when they're shooting it.
>> But but I mean like like the the like the final the final product. Like as a viewer watching it and I see a sex scene, I'm like it never like I feel like it never achieves like what it's trying to achieve. Really?
>> Except >> That's Those aren't good sex scenes.
>> Oh, there's only there's only one sex scene that you think is does the job. Yeah. What is it?
All right. You ever seen the uh You're not going to guess. This setup is I can't even handle this.
>> Have you ever seen the the um Who else is in it? The If you don't >> Jude Law Get to it.
>> Uh sni [snorts] uh World War II sniper movie. So >> Enemy at the gate. I've never seen Enemy at the gate.
>> with Oh.
>> So many people in the room are like, yes. And they're like Yeah.
>> Enemy at the gate also that scene is so hot. Also I'm sorry, Cold Mountain. It's such a sad, long movie, but Jude Law and Cold Mountain and Nicole Kidman's relationship is very >> Maybe it's just Jude Law.
>> So, maybe it must be Jude Law. But, there's But, there's something like I think I think because like Enemy at the Gates is very good. Because like I feel like with sex scenes in movies they're always like, "Oh, yeah, we're going to like so show some titties or whatever."
No. In In Enemy at the Gates, they don't show anything.
>> Anything. Yeah. They're laying next to each other. Aren't they in in like a camp with a bunch of people?
>> Yeah, they're like >> Yeah. There's like a bunch of people sleeping next to them. And they're like getting busy under the sheets.
>> And it's very erotic.
>> Woah. Yeah. Okay.
>> agree with you. I think it's the intention behind it, the scene. I think some movies go way too hard and you're like, "Oh, those are two actors who worked out really, really hard for this scene and you know, they stop and go and they don't have a lot of chemistry."
>> And it's just awkward and like I do think there are some sexier There are some sexier scenes that I will have to ruminate on the rest of this episode cuz I can't I can't quite think of them.
>> around to it.
>> say Rachel Her, she is like sexy as hell. I don't think that's her last name.
Weisz? Yeah. Rachel Weisz? Rachel Weisz?
Oh, with a W. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that scene's pretty hot.
Um >> [laughter] >> Anyway, I don't know about there, but um >> No, that's that's good. So, do we want to read some of your Letterboxd reviews?
I also have a game I want to play.
>> I don't have good >> You do serious ones.
>> Well, cuz I feel like I feel like that I don't want to be that annoying person on Letterboxd that just makes like one-sentence jokes all the time.
I I I like like occasionally I'll I'll do like a joke, but then I also think like being earnest about my love or hate for a movie is is good. I think it's I think it's good to provide an actual like opinion and feeling on on things.
So, Also, Phantom Thread. I know a lot Not a lot of people loved that movie, but I loved that movie. Um >> You're crazy. Here's Here's the thing.
>> Letterboxd reviews, too. But, Shane, you have something you you said you have a game?
>> Well, I was going to pick There you know, they have like a bunch of the most popular rated movies on Letterboxd. I was going to pick a movie Mhm. and I was going to read a review and then give you guys a chance to guess.
>> Guess. That's great.
>> Done. Let's do it.
>> Love it. Um I'm going to pick a random movie and it's a movie that you guys definitely both know. like, "How did that mouse learn how to drive that car?"
Sure.
>> That's Stu- Stuart Little.
You know what, Shane, I have to say something. You're really good at games.
You should like create a game. I'm sorry. I'm being real right now.
>> It's called Sniper Chess. Uh no, I'm kidding. No, but like [laughter] you're really really good at at at like I'm like, "Oh, that's such a good idea that I would never think of." Thank you. All right. You're so welcome.
>> We also used to do a a game We used to do a show similar to this called Netflix and Chill. Don't tell me that. Just let me sit in that I can have >> read reviews of Netflix movies and if you guessed it wrong, you'd have ice poured down your pants. Yep. This is back when you used to >> Classic Shane.
>> so try it. Uh >> [laughter] >> No, it it would go up then. Oh my god.
All right.
>> Shut up.
Here's the first review of this movie.
Very popular, very well-known movie.
>> Okay. Siobhan gave it four stars, said >> It's probably Siobhan, but that's okay.
Yeah, probably Siobhan.
>> Siobhan?
>> [laughter] >> It's okay. Now, hey hey hey, I'm sorry.
>> You know what? Don't forget this game.
No, no, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, HEY SHANE, HEY, come on back, come on back. No, I don't want to play.
Okay, okay, okay.
Gave it four stars. They said, "Fellas, is it gay to be in love with your imaginary friend?"
Oh.
Is it gay to be in love? Fellas?
Said fellas is >> So, it's a hot man. It's a hot male imaginary friend.
The only imaginary friend >> Oh, uh Inside Out. No. No. You're crazy.
That was an insane >> [laughter] >> Holly gave it five stars. Okay. Said, "Bitches be so fine, then boom, they're a figment of your imagination." Oh, Black Swan. Oh, Casper. NOPE. [ __ ] [laughter] ALL RIGHT. WHOA, WHOA, what am I saying?
>> This one's probably going to give it away. I think Ian, you'll get it with this one. Junior gave it five stars, said, "They could use that soap and take a [ __ ] shower."
Fight Club? IT'S FIGHT CLUB.
OH MY GOD, I FORGOT THAT THERE YOU GO.
OKAY.
>> YEAH, OKAY.
>> Cuz Brad Pitt's really hot.
>> He Right. All right, I'm I can pick another one.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is fun.
>> [laughter] >> This is fun.
I'm having fun. All right, I'm truly just picking like the top movies on on the Xbox. All right, here we go. James gave this movie five stars.
>> Okay, James.
>> And he said the most fun and light-hearted horror movie ever made.
Parasite? No.
Uh This is Barbarian? The most not fun and light-hearted.
>> Adam Bolt gave this movie four and a half stars. He said, "Worried for the guy taking the longest bath of all time." Saltburn. I'm just kidding. What?
All right.
Wait, the longest bath of all Longest bath of all time.
>> know a guy taking longest bath in a horror movie. All right, here we go.
Okay. A woman. Warren gave this three and a half stars. He They They wrote, "Did they ever record him jerking off?"
Buried. No, I'm No. Wait, 127 Hours? No.
>> Jesus, what are you saying? No, he never He's stuck in a cliff. He's not taking a bath or jerking off.
Well, if maybe if Was it his arm that got stuck or was it his leg that got >> baby. God, that movie.
Can you read one more?
>> more. Give us one more. Uh Jackson gave it four and a half stars said, "It must suck for all the people in like Asia always seeing him sleeping when it's on."
Truman Show. You got it.
It is The Truman Show. Do they ever record him jerking off?
>> [laughter] >> That's true.
>> Longest bath. When in the hell is he bathing? I I forget. I haven't seen it in a long time, but >> ever. Yeah, that is that is an all-time.
That is an all-timer for sure. Okay, another one. You want to keep going?
Let's keep going. Why don't we just keep Let's just keep doing this. This is fun because people love to make I do have horny reviews, but let's keep going.
Maybe I'll do one at the end.
>> This is the first one you're not going to get, but you can try to see if you can get lucky. Four and a half stars from V. They write, "What's up, guys?
I'm [ __ ] crying."
Okay, so it's a sad movie.
Um >> Or it's a comedy. Okay, keep going. Alor gave it four and a half stars said, "A movie about a man who runs and enjoys cutting grass." Forrest Gump. It's Forrest Gump.
>> Damn. Nice. Nice.
>> Way to go.
So, how many points did I just get?
None.
>> [laughter] >> You get no points.
>> Wow. You get nothing. Oh, what's that?
What's that from? You get nothing.
I've no idea.
Willy Wonka. You get nothing. You drink fizzy lifting drinks. Okay. Let's see if you guys can get this on the first guess.
>> Okay. Sam gave this movie five stars. He said, "So, this is why teachers make you take your hat off in school."
>> [laughter] >> Final Destination.
Hereditary? It is not Hereditary. Okay, River gave this five stars and said, "When I say I love French cinema, this is what I mean."
Um I have a score.
>> Blue is the Warmest Color. French cinema.
It's not Amelie. Um I don't know. French cinema. Uh Uh What the hell?
Oh, Alexina's bouncing back there.
What? Read that >> All right. Read another one. Let's see it. Um I'm trying to find one that doesn't spoil it.
Uh okay. Freya >> [laughter] >> gave this five stars and said, "Can't believe they invented the entire country of France for this movie."
Oh, no. [laughter] Oh, no. You guys You guys know it. This is what What is happening? And it's the most French thing. So, like >> Ratatouille? IT'S RATATOUILLE.
>> [screaming] >> NO. WHAT WAS THE SECOND THING AGAIN?
What a This is why I watch This is French cinema.
>> This is perfect French cinema. That's why you have to take your hat off in school.
>> I don't want a rat cooking my food. We talked about this.
SCARY RATS. OKAY, YEAH. You said you had a hard time with that movie.
>> It's not real, Amanda. Yes, it is.
>> It's not. It's an animation. Uh >> Never happened. Fievel Goes West, that was real. Fievel? Fievel.
Okay, I got a good one. I got another one. And here's a movie that I think is actually perfect. Okay. This is I think a perfect movie.
Okay. Someone said, uh Patrick gave it four and a half stars. They said the second best Die Hard movie.
So, it's not Die Hard.
Um Of course. James gave it three and a half stars, said young Patrick Bateman.
Wait. Christian Bale?
Wait. Perfect movie?
Jonathan Fuji gave it four and a half stars, said Tom and Jerry-ass movie.
Oh.
It's not It's not It's not The Fighter.
It's not The Fighter. No. [laughter] No way. Wait until you find out what this movie is.
>> Bale. It's not Christian Bale. They're just saying that he's like a like a young >> Young Patrick Bateman. Fine. So, he's crazy.
Very attractive man. Tom and Jerry-ass movie. It's like a Die Hard.
What the hell?
All right, I'm going to give you one that's going to give it away, but uh Sorry.
>> [laughter] >> Wait, someone This makes me want to rewatch the movie.
Hannah gave it five stars and said, "They say six seven about six or seven times in this movie."
>> [laughter] >> Um okay, Benjamin gave it four and a half stars and said, "I'm a full-grown ass man, and that furnace is still terrifying."
Huh! [gasps] I'm alone? It's Home Alone.
OH! [screaming] >> YOUNG PATRICK BATEMAN? Young Patrick Bateman.
Who is young Patrick Bateman? Kevin.
Kevin is a young Patrick Bateman.
>> No, what? I don't agree with this.
>> I don't agree with that at all.
>> This is why you should like have to say it.
>> his morning routine. He's doing all sorts of stuff.
>> Okay, he does stuff but he's >> so that's what I second. He's a kid.
He basically kills them.
>> That's true.
throughout [laughter] that movie. No, no, you're right, you're right, you're right. Wow, that was Yeah, I see it, I guess. All right. I'm going to pick This one might be a little bit harder. Okay. Okay. I'm having so much fun. I can tell. I love just reading this.
>> Yeah, this is fun.
>> You like having control and power.
Muriel gave it five stars, getting killed because you're not a crazy cinephile.
No idea. Um Muriel. I think a lot of people probably guessed it. What are you saying? Really?
Okay, hold on. Well, Muriel's just a person who wrote No, I know, but I have a deep connection to it.
>> Hannah gave it four and a half stars said, "One, don't pick up the phone."
Oh, Scream. Scream.
How are you guys so good How are you so good at this?
>> I'm so I watch more movies than you, clearly. I'm like I am the movie person.
Damn.
>> Not you, that's so wild.
>> sucks.
Don't worry about it. But that that beginning scene of Scream is a classic for almost every movie. Actually, When a Stranger Calls is like the classic. Have you ever seen that? Where it's like they're in the house.
>> Is that Jodie Foster?
>> Okay, I found the same reviewer for this This is a new movie. Okay. Muriel gave this movie five stars.
>> it. They said, "Didn't mean to moan like that, my bad."
>> [laughter] >> Uh A lot of these people are just like reviewers on Adam Bolt who gave a review a different thing, four and a half stars or as we Australians call it, Tuesday.
Something with Chris Hemsworth?
>> [laughter] >> Aaron gave this five stars said as Charlie XCX once said, beep beep so let's ride.
Okay. Fast and Furious.
No. Moaning? Didn't mean to moan like that. Is something hot?
Or not? David gave it five stars said, I would drive one of the spiky cars. Okay, so it's Mad Max.
Fury Road.
>> Mad Max Fury Road. So they didn't mean to moan about >> like it's hot. It's a hot movie.
>> [sighs] >> I don't agree with that. What? It's super hot. What do you Oh, well.
>> crazy. Okay.
>> [laughter] >> Love the top review on this one. All right.
Carly gave this movie four and a half stars.
And they said, where the [ __ ] is the breakfast?
Breakfast at Tiffany's.
It's not breakfast. Good guess though.
>> That's a great guess but you didn't Damn.
>> Get it. Trav gave it four stars. They said me and my five personalities at 3:00 a.m.
Oh, oh, oh. The one with James McAvoy?
Split?
Where the [ __ ] is the breakfast? I don't know. Uh soup George gave it two and a half stars said they didn't even eat breakfast. [laughter] What the hell? UM UH WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> eat breakfast.
I DON'T [laughter] KNOW.
OH WAIT, someone said Andrea gave it three stars in all caps.
>> If you say something about breakfast again >> just said that [ __ ] Victorious episode with crying [laughter] emojis.
>> Victorious episode?
>> Yeah, you guys are probably not getting help from that.
Oh, no.
>> Oh, god.
>> eat breakfast. Is this a popular James James wrote two stars. I can't believe I watched Victorious version before this.
>> [laughter] >> What are you saying?
>> Oh, is it SCHINDLER'S LIST? NO. WHAT?
I THAT YOU'RE CRAZY. WAIT, is this a popular movie? It's a very famous movie.
Incredibly famous movie.
Princess Bride. It's not Princess Bride.
>> Stop. Uh Stop.
Keep [snorts] playing.
>> at Andy gave it five stars said the only movie where a guy called Bender is the coolest dude on the planet.
>> [laughter] >> Bender?
Bender?
This one person just has a heart for their name. Four stars. They should have just started a band and called themselves Lemonade Mouth, to [laughter] be honest.
What? Lemonade >> Are you kidding me? The connection between this movie and just Disney and Nickelodeon? Is this Victorious? Bender?
We're so lost.
>> Molly gave it four out of five stars said the Victorious parody of THIS IS BETTER.
>> [laughter] >> STOP. WHY IS IT VICTORIOUS? OKAY, OKAY.
>> Is it Rush Hour >> Let's Let's going to move away from Victorious. Every television show is GOING >> TO BE REALLY MAD. LILLIAN gave this movie four stars and said when your circle small but y'all crazy.
>> [laughter] >> Um >> Okay. All right.
>> Okay. So it's a It's a It's >> Okay, ParaKiss gave it four stars and said dumbass makeover took a star off.
Makeover? There's a makeover in this movie.
>> Mrs. Doubtfire? Not Mrs. Doubtfire. It's like It's [laughter] like a group It's a It's Is it like a group of friends? It's It's a sort of It's a group of people becoming friends. What? This is awful.
>> becoming friends.
Um Heathers? It's not Heathers. You're getting close. You're getting very close.
>> friends. The Breakfast Club. It is Breakfast Club. They didn't EVEN EAT BREAKFAST. [screaming] VICTORIOUS? VICTORIOUS DID AN episode a parody episode of >> That makes sense.
>> Who's Bender?
I forget Bender. Was he like the the reject guy?
>> Breakfast Club, they actually didn't even eat breakfast.
>> actually even eat breakfast.
>> Damn. Why did I think of I'm thinking way too specific.
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That's super awesome. I know. I I I just I save it for the right opportunities. I watch, I can do it. Mhm.
>> [laughter] >> I'm going to go with a really There's a movie that you both love. Okay. And I think you might have even mentioned it in this episode.
>> Oh my god.
>> I love this movie. It's really cool movie. Um Shay gave this movie four stars and they wrote, "She [ __ ] looks like Willy Wonka." Arrival.
It's not Willy >> What? Who looks like Willy Wonka in Arrival? Um Lucy gave this movie five stars and said the movie equivalent of being hugged.
Paddington? Not Paddington.
>> No, it's not my favorite. I've never seen it. You're crazy. Um She looks like Willy Wonka.
Number one Gizmo fan gave it five stars and said, "When will anyone love me like that?" Oh. Carsten gave it three and a half stars, said, "She's so crazy."
>> Oh, oh, Enemy at the Gates, of course.
Hereditary. No. I hate that movie.
>> [laughter] >> Stop it. Wait, she's so crazy? Some of these reviews I don't understand. Uh, hold on.
>> what I'm struggling with. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Amelie.
You got it.
>> OH, HER HAIR. SHE LOOKS LIKE WILLY WONKA.
>> [laughter] >> How dare they? How dare they? How dare they? She looks like Willy Wonka.
>> is so good.
>> of my favorites.
>> It's a really good movie.
Yeah.
>> The how dare they? How dare they? Wait, I have one. Oh, okay. Selena's going to shout out some reviews and we're going to guess. Okay, Viking gave this no stars, but liked it. I thought this was about magicians.
Um uh, The Prestige. I was just going to say that. No, but that is about magicians.
Yeah. It's about magicians.
>> Magic Mike. Oh, yeah. Nice. Nice. Nice.
It is about magicians. Oh, [ __ ] >> They're magicians. They're getting you.
Well, it's like, yeah, how did you get those abs, you know?
>> You probably worked out pretty hard, and he also dances, and Okay, so no magic, fine, fine. That's a true story about Channing Tatum.
Okay, um, do we have more? [laughter] Do you have a new one?
I'll read you my review and you can guess, cuz this is what I just picked out, okay? How about that?
>> And you you write Letterboxd reviews?
No, but I actually I told Ian the other day that I want to. Okay. Okay, you can start anytime.
>> Here's one. This is like It doesn't cost anything. You can just do it. You can do it for free.
>> Okay, awesome. Thanks, guys. Okay, so this is one that you guys are going to be like, I what? Okay. All right.
What's going on?
>> [laughter] >> That's enough. Shush. That's enough.
Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
[laughter] This is a review you wrote?
Did you write this like in your notes?
>> No. No. No. I screenshot Enough. Stop.
>> Oh. Oh. You have You found Letterboxd reviews. Okay, here we go. Try to guess this. This is a kind of a bit of a niche one, but this is a newer movie.
>> Okay. Okay. I'm just glad we're seeing kids go outside again instead of being glued to their iPad screens. Okay.
Uh is this like >> This is four Four stars from Miko. Stand by me? This is a new movie. New movie?
No one questioned why this kid is running the town dry of tin soup. Like here comes soup boy. Three stars by Jay.
What?
Oh, shoot. I may not have seen this Have I seen this movie?
Yes. I have. Yes.
Oh, god.
Uh Okay, kids getting outside.
Three and a half stars by coffee. You can tell this is made by a former sketch comedian because it's almost entirely set up for one really good bit.
>> Yeah. Yes.
>> Nice. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> That was just one that I wanted that I wanted to do.
>> No. I That's good. That's good. Wait, can I read you guys one that Caroline Caroline who's our lovely PA wrote about?
>> Caroline? This is a review.
Wait. Okay. So, Caroline I PA wrote this review.
>> Yes, she gave this movie five stars.
Loved it. Being better than the men around you, rocking a bob, and having a horse. Like yeah.
Having a bob?
>> than the men around you. So, who has a bob?
>> [laughter] >> Who Who's on a horse with a bob?
Okay. Okay, I'm trying to think of movies. It's not It makes you think of like Mirror Mirror, like Princess Diaries.
>> like a popular one? She doesn't have a bob on a horse. Is that Is that a new movie or thinking on a horse?
>> No, I wouldn't say this is a new movie.
Mhm. Okay.
Oh.
Well, you know who has a bob on a horse?
Who?
Uh, Lord Farquaad.
Shrek?
Wait.
>> No, but that's funny. It's just being better than all the men around you. I don't think Lord Farquaad Remember when I had his haircut and you kept telling me that I had his haircut?
>> [laughter] >> No, I said you had the haircut of a 13th century crusader.
>> And then I did the berries and cream commercial. [laughter] Yeah, I did catch you there.
>> a wig on and it looked exactly like my hair.
>> [laughter] >> I don't think I know. Okay.
>> a bob on a horse. Wait, is it Wuthering Heights? No. She does not have a bob.
You're crazy.
He has more of a bob than >> it 4 1/2 stars and says, "I love in movies when men are stupid idiots and girls save the day." Wait, did Caroline also? Oh, okay. So, she wrote a second review.
>> Caroline's Caroline [laughter] wrote all the reviews so far.
>> needed to get her thoughts out.
>> Appeals to every little girl's dream and desires, duplicity, deception, and being exceedingly better than their male peers, and having a kill count.
Oh. [ __ ] She's a murderer.
Do you think Caroline, do you think I've seen this movie? You guys have all seen this >> I've seen this movie? Okay.
>> seen it. I've all seen it. Did we mention it today?
>> a horse. And she rides a horse, she's got a bob.
[ __ ] I I feel like Okay, Ella gave it five stars and this is going to give it away. The L in LGBT is for Lee Shang.
Oh, is this Is this Mulan? Yeah.
Oh.
She has a Does she have a She does kind of have a bob. Yeah.
Oh. Yeah, that's really good.
>> Hey, I I got a re- I got a review for this this movie. I demand a weasel spin-off. Yes, I understand he killed 27 children, but just look at the little guy.
Is this like Fievel Goes West or something?
Are you Are you going to answer?
>> What if I was right? He's like, "Yeah, you got it right." All right, we're done.
>> Wait, okay. All right, a weasel spin-off. Mhm. Sure he killed. Okay.
This is creepy. Okay.
>> He killed 27 children, but just look at the little guy.
The hell?
I feel like maybe this isn't good. Give us another review.
>> No, no, good. Okay, I'll give you another review. Yeah. I was reading like 10 reviews before you guys were guessing them. Yeah, it's okay, Ian. Come on.
Yeah. Yeah. Okay, this happened to a couple of my friends a few years ago.
>> Okay, they People leave that on on every single thing.
>> Oh, here's another one. Weasel, my beloved.
That's not going to actually help us in any Um >> capacity. Not going to lie, getting choked to death by Margot Robbie seems fun.
Uh I feel like that could be multiple Margot Robbie movies. Uh Wolf of Wall Street?
Nope. There was no children killed in that movie. Wuthering Heights? This person said, "I don't care. I'm just going to say it.
King Shark is a King Shark is a himbo."
Oh, this is Suicide Squad.
>> Yeah. Nice. Yeah. There was that weird weasel thing.
>> Yeah, you're right.
>> That's weird. Forgot about that.
>> I just recently watched it for the first time.
>> Okay, I think you guys are going to get this really, really good. Okay. Four and a half stars by Camilla. Ed Warren exercised this pu Wait, sorry. [laughter] Sorry, can you repeat that? [laughter] Can you repeat that?
>> Four and a half stars by Camilla. Ed Warren exercised this pu Ed Warren exercised this Is it The Exorcist? Nope.
Oh, okay.
Look me dead in the eyes and tell me James Wan isn't into puppets a little too much. Two and a half stars by Jay.
James Wan?
Is that a director?
Yes.
Puppet?
>> Four and a half stars by Vi. Thought my house was haunted because the the kept turning off. Turns out I was sitting on the remote.
>> [laughter] >> Wait, sorry.
Does that review have anything to do with the movie?
>> Thought my house was haunted because the TV kept shutting off. Turns out I was sitting on the remote.
>> [laughter] >> That's not even Does that play a part in the >> Annabelle, you're getting close. Okay.
Conjuring? Yes.
>> Oh. And here's one Annabelle is in it.
Annabelle's in it. Here's what I wanted to read to you because you are sicko and do this. Yeah. Five stars by Reese. One of the little girls slept without the blanket covering her feet and was shocked when the demon grabbed her, question mark. You always sleep with your leg out. Dude, you're going to get snatched. Shane, you're going to get snatched when you watch it back.
>> that. That's The Conjuring. I think such a good horror movie. So dark. This game is fun. I don't know but I don't know if y'all have seen this but it it's a newer it's a new movie. Came out in 2025.
Probably haven't.
>> I said uh my review was The Major sure loves to talk about nut sacks.
What are you doing? Sorry, when did you say this movie came out? 2025.
The Major sure likes to talk about nut sacks. Mhm. Is that the new Avatar movie? No. Oh, that's a good guess.
>> [laughter] >> They don't even have nut sacks, do they?
I think these ones are going to be fun.
Uh Is this the same movie?
>> [laughter] >> Yes. Okay. All right. I got another one.
Okay, so I'd be the guy >> [laughter] >> Okay. I'd be the I don't know what this movie is about.
I'd be the guy dying.
>> [laughter] >> SORRY.
OH, NO. SORRY.
I'D BE THE GUY DYING CUZ HE has Sorry.
What the There's nothing that has made Ian laugh this hard. [laughter] DUDE, I'VE NEVER seen you like this.
What got you?
>> [laughter] >> I'd be the guy dying cuz he has to [ __ ] That's what's making you laugh SO HARD?
DUDE, [laughter] I YOU CAN'T WAIT, IS THIS JURASSIC IS THIS LIKE JURASSIC PARK? NO.
>> I've never seen a guy who >> Does that HAPPEN IN JURASSIC PARK. A GUY DIES CUZ HE HAS TO [ __ ] YEAH, I remember. Well, he's on the toilet cuz he's >> scared. He's hiding.
>> Yeah, but he kind of does cuz he has to [ __ ] >> here?
>> [laughter] >> I don't know.
Uh here's another review.
Yowie so doomed they kept calling each other brothers.
We've definitely not seen this movie.
I'd honestly sign up just to make a friend like Pete. Okay, [laughter] here.
>> Nirvana the band, the show, the movie?
>> This this one should give it away.
Thought it was about walking, then came the poop. Is it the long Is this the long walk?
>> Yes. [laughter] I haven't seen The Long Walk, but I have heard >> even heard of it. Oh, that makes sense that someone dies cuz they have to [ __ ] Yeah.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
>> Well, you know what's funny?
>> Cuz [ __ ] is hard when you have to like keep up >> of the movie is that they have to keep walking and if you stop walking you get killed.
>> Yeah. But like marathon runners [ __ ] themselves and keep running all the time. Why would anyone want to watch this movie? Well, it's a it's a Stephen King book turned into a movie.
>> It's really It's really good. Yeah, really good. But yeah, there there yeah, there's a couple people where [ __ ] is is like is a it's a problem. I think it's funny that in the same [laughter] year two Stephen King books got turned into movies, The Running Man and The Long Walk. Oh. I heard The Running Man wasn't It was okay. I saw it. Okay.
>> I watched it one one day.
Just at home. It was fine. Oh, Ian, did you notice?
WE HAVE A TABLE.
>> [laughter] >> I YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY? I CUZ I KNOW people are asking for a table.
>> Oh, yeah, they were.
>> They were? Oh, yeah.
>> There's no way. I didn't even hear about that.
>> Yeah, I don't know. I don't check.
>> Did you? No, I didn't know that. Wait, I got one more from Caroline.
>> Okay, Caroline Okay, Caroline's going to close us out here.
>> Five stars, loved it. Irish boy wants to be in the center of a dance circle so bad he makes it a whole thing. I had two slushies, half bag of popcorn, and half bag of gummy worms. Yum, yum, yum.
Titanic. [snorts] What? That makes sense.
>> That makes sense.
>> Thank you. He's not Irish, though. Irish boy, no, he's not Irish.
But there were there were Irish people there.
>> remember the Irish friends who got killed? That was really sad. Center of a dance circle so bad.
Mhm. Um Oh, uh Saltburn. Uh is it is it um I hate that I keep bringing up Em- Emerald Fennell movies, but um Saltburn? Saltburn?
I don't know. Is it Saltburn?
>> How recent is this movie? It's a new movie. It came out in 2025. Oh, Irish boy wants I may not have seen it. I swear. Uh are there other reviews for this movie? Mac gave it four and a half stars. Standing ovulation. I mean, ovation. Whoa.
>> Um Joe A gave it four and a half stars.
That one sequence, you'll know when you see it. Magnum opus type scene. Spirit awakening type scene. Inspirational, foundational, mind- Centers? Yes. Oh.
The Irish boy.
Yeah.
Yeah. So, what about the two slushies?
>> [laughter] >> Damn.
>> That was just Caroline. YOU WERE DOING WORK.
MY GOD, BUT TWO DRINKS.
>> STAND WAS LIKE, ARE YOU GOING to watch the movie?
Jesus. [laughter] I'm coming back for another one.
>> Hit me, man.
>> Come on.
Hit me. Centers is rocking me. Can we talk about some of our lowest-rated movies? I want to know what was some of your lowest-rated movies that you >> Okay, so I got I got um this one's an all-timer, Wonder Woman 1984. That movie's pretty rough. I need the stone.
Um Wow, did it in the voice. Was that was that your review for it? No, I didn't leave a review. Uh Don't Worry Darling.
Rarely has there been a gap so enormous between how how smart a movie thinks it is and how smart it actually is. Whoa.
Harry Styles' performance on iCarly was much better, in my opinion.
It is like the best way to describe that movie, and I'm I this is not my original thought. This is somebody else's thought. Was like a white woman's attempt at making a Jordan Peele movie.
>> Oh, that is brilliant.
>> like it felt like a student film that had like a $200 million budget.
>> Woah.
>> was so much drama surrounding it because she, apparently Olivia Wilde, was dating Harry Styles during the shooting and that's >> Yeah, I don't care about that. Well, The Truman Show but Harry Styles violently eats >> [laughter] >> Oh, there was a Yeah, there was there was that scene.
Listen, I think Harry Styles is cute. I don't ever want to see him do that.
Sorry.
>> I don't know what it is. I don't like it.
>> I don't know what that movie is.
Tiptoes, have you guys ever seen Tiptoes?
>> I am very aware of Tiptoes.
>> Isn't that Gary Oldman Not Gary Oldman?
>> Gary Oldman. It is Gary >> Gary Oldman playing a little person. It is a They just have >> I've known him for playing around on his knees and when he's sitting in a couch, they have he has little like puppet legs.
>> No, I saw. And he's like he's clearly like in the couch.
And this is a serious movie. This is not a comedy.
>> McConaughey?
>> It's Matthew McConaughey. It's Matthew McConaughey and Gary Oldman are brothers. I think they're twin brothers.
I think they're maybe twins. I forget.
They're brothers. So Matthew McConaughey >> all the time on The Soup or something.
I don't >> know. His brother is supposed to be a little person but it's played by Gary Oldman on his knees. And and they and it's like an Oscar bait movie. Like they like they were really trying >> a great actor. Yeah, not yeah. But speaking of another like total train wreck Oscar bait movie, Music.
I don't even know if I've heard about this movie.
>> Wait, is that Sia's movie?
>> Yeah.
Sia's movie where she like She's the dan- Okay, speaking of Dance Moms, which we weren't speaking of but I'm thinking about Dance Moms for some reason which I'll explain later. Uh one of the lead in Dance Moms is the lead in Music.
>> Ooh. And she plays someone she just it's not the right casting.
>> Sure. Sure. [snorts] >> Yeah. Okay, but I do have a lot of review that I think you guys are going to get. Four stars.
Jiba?
Toni Collette deserves a normal family.
Hereditary. Sixth Sense.
>> No. Sixth Sense. We we we nailed two different ones.
>> Yeah. Yeah, she Boy, she loves to play moms that are haunted.
>> One of my favorite movies >> Sixth Sense is incredible.
>> of all time. Yeah. And then I I told you that I didn't realize the little boy's name is Cole.
And I've loved the name Cole forever.
That's my son's name. Boy. Should I ask him if he sees dead people? And he's just like bah.
>> [laughter] >> Huh?
He just No, that's his thing now. He goes, huh?
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? I think we're out of time.
>> I think we're out of time. Oh, okay.
Well, Ian could be here all day. Look at him.
>> I could be here all day. I love just talking about movies.
>> I could go on forever.
>> This is what we do most of the time.
Yes. We talk about movies. We talk about shows that we're watching. Is that Is that a problem? No.
>> That's awesome. It's We we love our medium. It's fine. It's great. We love our medium. They tell us about ghosts that they see.
>> Yeah, they're from Long Island.
>> [laughter] >> You guys are awesome.
>> No, um we do really just love shows and movies. Yes, we do.
>> love you guys. Aw. That's the first time you've ever said that.
>> never said that.
>> Yeah, you probably won't hear it again.
>> And that's the hardest I've ever seen you laugh and it was about poop.
[ __ ] while walking.
>> Yeah. Okay.
>> Nothing goes together like Stephen King and pooping. That is true. That is so true. That is true. Ian, thank you for joining us. Thank you. You're going to ask me like what my socials are and where they can find me. Uh you can find Ian somewhere watching a movie.
>> That's probably true. That is actually true. You watch a movie every day, you said. Oh wait, quick. What movies are you guys looking forward to? One one movie one movie one movie. I still need to see Project Hail Mary cuz I love the book.
>> That movie.
>> the book and I just haven't gotten a chance to see it yet. The Taste of Things.
>> I actually It's a French movie. And I am excited I I'm excited for that Resident Evil movie. Could be good. The director of weapons.
>> I think It's good.
>> Me and Spencer and Angela are going to go if you want to maybe come. You just can't sit next to us.
>> already planned You already planned this?
Yeah, of course. All we do is text about Resident Evil.
I'm actually not kidding. You know what You know what I think could be a banger movie? I'm just going to call it Sheep Detectives.
I just made that up. Nope.
>> You know what? I can't wait to see The Mummy. The new Mummy.
>> What?
The The The guy's name Mummy?
No, The Mummy.
Cuz they have like the Lee whatever's Mummy.
>> Mummy. That Mummy? With the girl? Yep.
All right.
Comment down below what movies you're [music] excited to see.
>> So judgemental. Uh Comment down below what movies you're excited to see, what your favorite movie is, >> Yeah. what your least favorite movie is.
Talk about movies down below.
>> Yeah. And uh we'll see you next week.
Bye. Bye.
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